S5 Information Systems Time Line

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1 S5 Time Line Week No Unit Title Content Assessment Arrangements document June HW 1 and 2 Database Fundamentals June Data and Management Software Management Software system in comparison with manual data storage, including searching and sorting, data retrieval, data storage and updating, data analysis and reporting. Entities and Data Relationships June Management Software HW 3 and 4 terms of the following attributes: name, multivalued or single valued, data type (text, integer, real, object, date, time). Data Modelling Concepts Aug Management Software consideration of: table names, fields (name and type), keys (primary and foreign), validation (presence, restricted choice). Aug Management Software Homework 5 and 6 types: text, number, object, link, date, time, Boolean. the advantages of linked tables (relational databases). Normalisation Sep Organisational ½ block test relationship between them in a single source document.

2 Sep Organisational Homework 7 and 8 records. Implementation Sep Implications of ICT including: sorting (two fields, ascending/descending), searching (two fields). Sep Implications of ICT Revision HW 9 and 10 simple reports. and screen design. Oct Database Database Fundamentals what is a database, structure and field types Oct Database HCI Searching and Sorting Oct Database Validation and Verification Access Reporting Nov Database Input forms and masks Types of database Access Nov Database Setting up a database system Setting up a database system Multiple choice nab Block Test HW 11 and 12 HW 13 and 14 Data and the context of an information system: data, information. Organisational : speed, accuracy, efficiency, volume. organisational information systems: gathering information, storing information, processing information, outputting information. systems management strategies: network strategy, security strategy, backup strategy, software strategy.

3 Database Database Setting up a database system Setting up a database system Practical assessment / database within an organisation. Management Software organisational uses of the following types of applications software: Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Database, Graphics Design, Browsers, clients, chat clients, DTP, Presentation, Financial, Reference, Web Authoring. terms of data objects, operations and formatting functions. data objects, operations and formatting functions. range of operations, formatting functions, HCI (including use of keyboard commands, menus and toolbars/icons), online help and online tutorials. Implications of ICT Description and exemplification of the social implications of ICT in terms of: ease of access and availability of IS, information rich/poor and the impact of IS on social structures, educational qualifications and the need for citizens to be ICT aware, the range of jobs in industries that employ knowledge worker, online retail and changing shopping habits. Description and exemplification of the legal implications

4 Nov Database Normalisation entities and relationships Normalisation examples Practical assessment / Practical assessment / Nov Database Revision Practical assessment / Practical assessment / Block Test of: rights of data subject: responsibilities of data Computer Misuse Act (1990): offences Copyright, Designs & Patents Act (1988): works material Health & Safety regulations: seating, lighting, RSI, eye strain and radiation Description and exemplification of the economic implications of ICT in terms of: the type of jobs and associated costs within various modern organisations, the effect of new ICT on business and individuals productivity and profitability. implications of ICT in terms of: netiquette in both personal and business contexts, Intellectual Property Rights.

5 Week No Unit Title Content Assessment Arrangements document Dec Unit/1/2 revision Coursework and database Please note only NAB assessments on timelines. Block tests are added for revision when needed in context Dec Dec Jan Jan Jan coursework Coursework and database coursework Coursework and database coursework Coursework and database coursework Coursework and database systems in context NAB Database Block assessment questions are being asked and how conclusions have been reached. medical, legal and financial advice. inference rules to known facts), data and information. knowledge base, inference engine, user interface. Feb Feb Feb Characteristics of expert systems Development, use and evaluation of expert systems Development, use and evaluation of expert systems 1 and 2 3 and 4 advice, classification, diagnosis. Characteristics of contains facts and rules.

6 Feb Construction of a working expert system Prelims determine the order in which rules are applied, and hence questions are asked. March Construction of a working expert system Prelims chaining. March Construction of a working expert system 5 and 6 backward chaining. March Outcome 2 Outcome 2 Development, use and evaluation of March Outcome 2 Revision 1 an expert system: domain expert, knowledge engineer, programmer, user. April April Outcome 2 Outcome 2 Outcome 2 Outcome 1 NAB assessment knowledge acquisition/elicitation, knowledge representation, system validation. questions.

7 May Revsion revsion Revision 2 explanation facilities). Construction of a working System design, implementation, testing and evaluation of an expert system. of structured text, not involving multivalued attributes. decision tree. conditions to represent knowledge. pseudocode or appropriate KRL). conclusions without rule chaining. response.

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